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Coming Soon
Well, it certainly has been a while since I’ve published anything here. The past year and a half has certainly been not what anyone had anticipated. But I’m back and have exciting news to share with you all. On December 21, 2021, Between The Beats will make its debut. Both paperback and e-book versions should be available on that day. This has been a long journey, starting way back in 2011 as my first ever NaNoWriMo project. There have been many ups and downs, countless drafts live on in my computer somewhere, the inner critic voice was pretty rude at times, but I prevailed and managed to finally shut her…
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Notes From An Evening With Neil Gaiman
Okay, if you ever have the chance to see and hear Neil Gaiman in person, I highly recommend it. I was fortunate enough to get a ticket to his sold-out show at Benaroya Hall here in Seattle and it was so worth it. While the auditorium was too dark for me to take notes with pen and paper, and I didn’t want to disrupt others around me by using my phone, what I am sharing here is what I took away from his talk, from my memory and not verbatim. As we first entered the lobby there were tables set up with index cards and boxes. We were prompted to…
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Celebrating Independent Authors
I recently had the opportunity to attend an Indie Authors Night at a local bookstore and I have to say, it was fantastic. There was a panel of 20 authors ranging in age from 10 to well, I don’t know exactly, but that doesn’t matter. The books they published spanned everything from kid-lit, science fiction, memoir, romance, steampunk and more. They were each given two minutes to get up and tell us a little about themselves, what their books were about, and anything else we should know. Afterward, there was a time for meeting each one, having books signed, and photo opportunities if you were so inclined. One of the…
